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SYRIA: Nobel Peace Laureate Seeks International Community for Dialog and Rejection of Intervening War

Mairead Maguire for Salem-News.com

The future of those who are not supportive of fundamentalists like moderate Muslims, Christians, minorities, and other Syrians is in great danger.

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Mairead Maguire, Nobel peace laureate and Spokesperson for Mussalaha International, has issued a report and appeal to the international community to support a process of dialogue and reconciliation in Syria between its people and Syrian government.

Sinn Féin Welcome UN Vote on Palestine

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"A just and lasting peace can only be achieved if it is based on international law and respect for human rights."

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Sinn Féin MLA and spokesperson on the Middle East Pat Sheehan has welcomed the historic decision by the United Nations General Assembly to grant non-member status to Palestine.

“Sinn Féin endorses the decision by the UN General Assembly and appeals to all governments and agencies to embrace this opportunity to build an effective and durable peace process.”

Irish President Unloads on `Wanker` Tea Party Radio Host

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From May 2010, an exchange between Michael D Higgins (who was elected President of Ireland last year) and Tea Party-loving radio guy Michael Graham on Irish radio station Newstalk 106-108fm.

Higgins unloads on Graham, a conservative American radio host, during a debate between the two on the Irish radio program Newstalk.

New report says Irish emigration, unemployment set to grow

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The ESRI estimates that although unemployment and emigration are both forecast to continue to grow, the unemployment figure will naturally be affected by the emigration figure.

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A new Quarterly Economic Commentary report published by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland estimates that with the eurozone crisis continuing to cast a shadow over any possible Irish economic recovery, tens of thousands will continue to emigrate from the country in 2012.

“The financial crisis currently gripping the eurozone, coupled with tightening fiscal policy across the region, are likely to send the eurozone back into recession,” the report reads.

See How Police Treat the Poor and Disenfranchised in England

Ken O'Keefe Salem-News.com

Brutality just barely begins to describe what happened at Dale Farm, it is the military industrial complex at work crushing the poor, casting families into homelessness, only working for the powerful controlling interests.

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As relayed in previous reports, the residents of Dale Farm are Irish Travelers, many identify them as Gypsies.

Regardless of what one calls them, they are a people who do not fit neatly into the brainwashed consumer culture. To the contrary, they are a sort of people that are impossible to tame.

Dreams of Democracy

Paul Balles Salem-News.com

"Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven." --H. L. Mencken

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Leno asks questions that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge should be able to answer. The extent of the ignorance of the average public is perfect for a comedian, but disastrous for a democracy.

Returning to the voices for democracy, Arab protesters often don't know what it entails other than a constitution, a vote and representative voices in a parliament or congress.